It would be nice to have a super fast 100x faster than pixelmatch function
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Description
What are you trying to achieve?
Use the sharp library to compare an input image to hundreds/thousands of images to find the closest match at speeds 100x faster than https://github.com/mapbox/pixelmatch
Have you searched for similar feature requests?
https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/1067
https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/1067#issuecomment-580969548 (my comment)
What would you expect the API to look like?
I'm not sure yet, but I prepared a proof of concept that is exciting to mention (at least for me)
What alternatives have you considered?
None.
Is there a sample image that helps explain?
No.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the related sharp issue #1067 and its linked comment, then review the proposed proof of concept mentioned here. Define the comparison API and benchmark it against pixelmatch across hundreds or thousands of images; done requires an agreed API and evidence of the targeted speed improvement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, nodejs
- Domain
- computer-vision, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100